Clinician bias in fundal height measurement

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 892-899

  Jelks, Andrea ^a,b   Cifuentes, Rodrigo ^a   Ross, Michael G ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODEL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UTERUS;

EID: 34848843165     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000282758.28533.d9     Document Type: Article

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